KR20080081587A - A computer desk - Google Patents

Abstract

A computer desk is provided to enable a user to use the desk more widely by depressing a computer body and peripheral devices including a monitor in the desk in non-use, and to prevent waste of electric power due to easy power disconnection management. A computer desk includes: legs(11); an upper plate(12) connected to the legs and having a square depression part; a power wall outlet(81) and a communication line connector(82) exposed to the legs or the upper plate; a drawer(30) or a deck(20) for connection of a computer body(101) installed on the upper plate or the legs; a flat monitor(42) embedded in the square depression part of the upper plate in non-use, and stood erect in use; at least one peripheral device connection part; a cable receiver(80) for receiving various cables between the drawer or the deck, the monitor, and a peripheral device; and a power line and a communication line, and a connection cable between the computer body, the monitor, and the peripheral device.

Description

 A computer desk

1A is a schematic perspective view collectively expressing features of the present invention as one embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 1b is a perspective view of the state of use of the liquid crystal monitor

1C is a cross-sectional view of the keyboard drawer in and out;

1D is a perspective view of a computer body drawer

FIG. 1E is a perspective view of a state where a rectangular lid of the LCD monitor is covered; FIG.

Figure 1f is a perspective view of the front cover and the rear cover of the LCD monitor

Figure 1g is a perspective view of the liquid crystal monitor upright with all the lids open

Figure 1h is a perspective view of a state in which all the lid is closed in the liquid crystal monitor upright state

2A is a schematic perspective view of collectively expressing features of the present invention as another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2B is a perspective view of a notebook mounted on the deck for joining the computer body.

Explanation of Major References

10; Computer desk 20; Deck 30 for body connection; Expansion station

40; Monitor 51; Keyboard 52; mouse

64; Lid all 65; Posterior cap 66; Whole lid switch

80; Cable receptacle 85; Junction box 100; Computer body

The invention relates to a computer desk and more particularly to a computer desk with a cable embedded therein and at least exposed. Desks are furniture that is essential to human productive activities for personal study or company work. Today's computers are installed and used in these desks as basic configurations for study or work. However, a lot of research has been done on the function and design of the desk, but because there is no proper processing or arrangement of many cables according to the computer and its peripherals, the cables are cluttered in the space around the desk. In order to organize these cables, wrappers are used to concentrate plastic cables or multiple cables into one, but there is a problem in arranging many cables with different connection points, and the cables are still exposed to the outside.

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2005-25242 discloses a computer desk that houses a server computer and has a built-in LCD monitor and keyboard. By incorporating them, fewer cables are required, but the structure is limited to a single use.

Korean Utility Model Registration No. 320609 discloses a computer desk in which a computer is divided into components and divided into drawers. In contrast to the trend of miniaturization and centralization of computer bodies due to the development of technology, it is difficult to generalize it. In addition, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-216024 discloses a structure in which a main body is built in a drawer and a monitor connecting cable is connected behind the drawer. There is nothing more than a built-in effect in the drawer.

As described above, the related art starts from the necessity of arranging a complicated cable between the computer main body and the peripheral device in the computer desk, but does not provide a method that can be applied in various peripheral devices and use environments.

The present invention is to provide a computer desk that can be easily mounted peripheral devices including a computer main body and a monitor while the cable is barely exposed.

The present invention also provides a computer desk that can be widely used by incorporating peripheral devices including a computer body into a desk when the computer is not in use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a computer desk which can facilitate power cut management to prevent waste of power.

According to the present invention, the desk leg; A top plate having a rectangular depression coupled to the desk leg; A power line outlet and a communication line connector exposed on the desk leg or top plate; A drawer or deck for connecting a computer body installed on the top plate or the desk leg; A flat panel monitor that is embedded when not in use and is upright when used; One or more peripheral connections; Cable drawer for storing various wires between the drawer or deck, the monitor and the peripheral device; and a power line built into the cable holder, a communication line and a computer main body, and a connection cable between the monitor and the peripheral device. A computer desk is provided. The peripheral device connection unit is connected to the peripheral device by wire or wirelessly. As one of the peripherals, the computer input means is, for example, a keyboard and / or a mouse and connected to the input means connection portion and connected to the computer body. The computer desk may further include a drawer or deck for a keyboard that is accessible from the top plate. Also according to the present invention; A top plate having a rectangular depression coupled to the desk leg; And a flat panel monitor that is hinged to the top plate and built-in when not in use, and that stands upright when in use. The computer desk may further include a square lid covering the square recess when the monitor is built in. The rectangular lid is hinged to the rectangular recessed top plate. In some cases, the quadrangular lid includes a full lid hinged to the top of the quadrangular recess and a rear cap hinged to the top of the quadrangular recess. By the lid, even when the monitor is used, the entire lid can be covered between the upright monitor and the top plate depression, so that the top plate depression can be used as a desk.

In addition, according to the present invention, the desk leg; A top plate coupled to the desk leg; A power line outlet and a communication line connector exposed on the desk leg or top plate; A computer body embedded in a drawer or deck coupled to a lower portion of the upper plate; A monitor connecting portion provided on an upper surface rear portion of the upper plate; One or more peripheral connections, except the computer body and monitor; A cable storage port for storing various wires between a computer body, a monitor, and a peripheral device; and a computer desk including a power line built into the cable storage hole, a communication line, and a connection cable between the computer body and a peripheral device including a monitor. Is provided. Preferably, it is preferable to install a junction box on one side of the cable receiving port to branch various lines. The junction box may be provided with a power supply means for changing the supply voltage to the peripheral voltage. The computer body embedded in the drawer is preferably connected to the receiving opening or the junction box by a flexible cable.

According to the present invention, there is also a desk leg; A top plate coupled to the desk leg; A power line outlet and a communication line connector exposed on the desk leg or top plate; A deck or drawer for connecting a computer body coupled to a lower side of the upper plate or the side of the desk leg; A monitor connecting portion provided on an upper surface rear portion of the upper plate; One or more peripheral connections other than the computer body and the monitor; A cable holder embedded in or attached to the power plate outlet or communication line connector, the main body connecting deck or drawer, the monitor or the peripheral device connecting portion between the monitor and the peripheral device connecting portion, and embedded in the cable housing Provided is a computer desk consisting of a power cable, a communication line and a connection cable between the computer body and a peripheral including a monitor.

In addition, if necessary, a power supply unit for supplying a voltage different from the supply voltage to the computer main body, the monitor, and other peripheral devices is connected to the cable receiving port. In addition, when necessary, an expansion station equipped with a memory reader, various connectors, a storage driver including an optical disk driver, and the like is mounted in connection with the deck or drawer for connecting the computer main body. Preferably the expansion station is integrated with the power supply. Such an expansion station may be mounted on the lower surface of the top plate or on the side of a desk leg in the form of a separate adjacent drawer, which may be installed together, installed nearby or cabled together with a computer body connection deck.

The monitor is connected to the monitor connection. Preferably, a flat panel monitor is connected to and embedded in the connection for the computer desk monitor. Such a built-in monitor is embedded in the top plate when not in use and stands up when in use. It is preferable that the rim is sealed at the time of incorporation. In some cases, when the monitor is built, the built-in monitor may be covered by a separate cover square lid. The square lid is hinged to the rear top plate of the monitor recessed rectangular recess. In some cases, the quadrangular lid includes a full lid hinged to the top of the quadrangular recess and a rear cap hinged to the top of the quadrangular recess. When the monitor is used, the lid can cover the upright monitor and the top plate depression even when the monitor is in use, so that the top plate depression can be used as a desk. As one of the peripherals, the computer input means is, for example, a keyboard and / or a mouse and connected to the input means connection portion and connected to the computer body. Preferably the keyboard is mounted in a drawer or deck for a keyboard that is accessible to the top plate. If the drawer or deck for the keyboard or mouse is not used, the computer body can be turned off automatically.

The computer body connected to the connection deck or drawer may be in the form of a desktop including slim and box, or in the form of a notebook or mobile computer in which peripherals are integrated. Preferably it has a size less than a slim desktop computer. Preferably, the computer body is connected by a docking cable exposed from the cable housing. The computer body connection deck or drawer may include one or more peripherals in the form of an expansion station.

In addition to the basic structure of the computer, various peripheral devices may be additionally provided or connected to the connection unit so as to be connected at an appropriate position of the desk, and may be further embedded in the computer desk of the present invention. For example, one side of the top plate may be exposed to the printer connection portion is mounted printer. In addition, as one of the peripherals, the top plate includes a built-in speaker or a speaker output terminal is exposed. In some cases, the peripheral device may include a storage driver, for example, a memory reader, an optical disk driver, or a floppy disk driver. Various other input and output terminals may be embedded to expose. Peripheral devices can be connected using conventional port connectors or can be connected by the widely used USB method these days. It is preferable that a USB terminal is arranged at the peripheral device connection portion. Instead of a physical connection, it may be connected to the connection in a wireless communication manner. For example, a mouse or keyboard may provide an infrared connection to a drawer or deck that accommodates it so that the mouse or keyboard can be connected wirelessly using an infrared connection mouse or keyboard.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. These descriptions by the drawings are intended to collectively describe various embodiments of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, which should be construed solely by the claims.

1A, 1B, 1C and 1D are schematic perspective views which collectively represent the features of the present invention as one embodiment of the present invention as an embodiment. In this preferred embodiment, a liquid crystal monitor 40 is embedded in the top plate 12 of the desk. When not in use, the liquid crystal monitor 40 is embedded in the desk top plate 12 in order to use the space of the desk. It is preferably sealed by a seal 42. The keyboard 51 and the mouse 52 are connected to the USB output terminal of the computer main body by the USB method through the infrared receiver 55 exposed to the lower part of the desk top by the infrared wireless method. Therefore, the keyboard 51 and the mouse 52 placed in the drawer 57 discharged along the drawer guide 56 communicate wirelessly with the infrared receiver 55 through the opening of the drawer, so no cable is required. A power line and a signal line are built-in and connected to the cable receptacle through the junction box 85 between the monitor 40, the keyboard, which is the input means 50, and the mouse and the computer main body 100. Ejecting and embedding of the monitor 40 or the keyboard 51 and the mouse 52 may open and close the power supply of the computer main body and peripheral devices by entering and exiting the drawer. The junction box 85 is also connected to the power connector 81 and the communication connector 82. The computer main body 100 has a drawer form and an input / output signal is connected to the junction box 85 by a flexible cable. The computer main body is accessible, upgradeable parts, and various peripheral devices may be provided.

The top plate of the computer desk may be provided with a flat-panel built-in rectangular depression, which is hinged to the top plate, and may be mounted when not in use. When the monitor is built-in may further include a rectangular lid 61 covering the rectangular depressions. Such a lid may be composed of all the lid 64 hinged to the top of the square recess all the top plate and a rear lid 65 hinged to the top of the square recess bottom. Such a lid can be opened and closed by an open / close switch 62, 66. By the lid, even when the monitor is used, the entire lid can be covered between the upright monitor and the top plate depression, so that the top plate depression can be used as a desk.

2A and 2B show an embodiment of the present invention in which the liquid crystal monitor 40 and the computer input means 50 have the same keyboard 51 and mouse 52 as those in FIG. 1A. The computer body 101 is mounted on the deck 20 installed under the upper plate 12. If the computer body is a notebook type having an expansion slot, the computer body 101 can be simply connected to other peripheral devices by connecting a connector 21 in the form of a cable. If your computer has a common input / output port, it will be connected with the correct cable (not shown). In the drawer 30 serving as an expansion station, various input means (peripherals including memory readers, optical disc drivers, floppy disc drivers) are mounted together with or separately from the power supply means. In order to accommodate the power line 83, the communication line 84, and the cable, the upper plate 12 is recessed and hermetically sealed to the upper plate 12. The power connector 81 and the communication connector 82 are exposed to the inner surface of the desk leg 11 and connected to the expansion station 30. The power supply line and the signal line are branched and connected to the printer 80 from the cable receiving opening 80.

The computer desk of the present invention provides a computer desk that can be easily mounted with peripheral devices including a computer body and a monitor even when the cable is barely exposed, and that the desk can be widely used for the purpose of the desk when the computer is not in use.

Claims (20)

Desk legs; A top plate having a rectangular depression coupled to the desk leg; And a flat panel monitor hinged to the top plate, the flat panel monitor being embedded when not in use and standing upright when not in use. Desk legs; A top plate having a rectangular depression coupled to the desk leg; A power line outlet and a communication line connector exposed on the desk leg or top plate; A drawer or deck for connecting a computer body installed on the top plate or the desk leg; A flat panel monitor that is embedded when not in use and is upright when used; One or more peripheral connections; A cable housing for storing various wires between the drawer or the deck, the monitor and the peripherals, and a power line embedded in the cable housing, a communication line and a computer main body, and a connection cable between the monitor and the peripherals. Computer desk The computer desk of claim 2, wherein the peripheral device connection part is connected to the peripheral device by wire or wirelessly. A computer desk according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said rectangular lid covers said rectangular depressions when said monitor is built in, said rectangular computer lid comprises a rectangular lid. The computer desk of claim 4, wherein the rectangular lid is hinged to the rectangular recessed rear top plate. 6. The computer desk of claim 5, wherein the rectangular lid comprises a full lid hinged to the top of the rectangular recess and a rear lid hinged to the rectangular top of the rectangular recess. Desk legs; A top plate coupled to the desk leg; A power line outlet and a communication line connector exposed on the desk leg or top plate; A computer body embedded in a drawer or deck coupled to a lower portion of the upper plate; A monitor connecting portion provided on an upper surface rear portion of the upper plate; One or more peripheral connections other than the computer body and the monitor; A cable storage port for storing various wires between the computer body, the monitor and the peripheral device, and a computer desk including a power line built in the cable storage hole, a communication line, and a connection cable between the computer body and the peripheral device including the monitor. The computer desk according to claim 7, wherein a junction box is installed at one side of the cable storage port to branch various lines. The computer desk of claim 8, wherein the junction box is provided with a power supply means for changing a supply voltage to a peripheral voltage. The computer desk of claim 9, wherein the computer body embedded in the drawer is connected to the receiving opening or the junction box by a flexible cable. Desk legs; A top plate coupled to the desk leg; A power line outlet and a communication line connector exposed on the desk leg or top plate; A deck or drawer for connecting a computer body coupled to a lower side of the upper plate or the side of the desk leg; A monitor connecting portion provided on an upper surface rear portion of the upper plate; One or more peripheral connections other than the computer body and the monitor; A cable holder embedded in or attached to the power plate outlet or communication line connector, the main body connecting deck or drawer, the monitor or the peripheral device connecting portion between the monitor and the peripheral device connecting portion, and embedded in the cable housing Computer desk consisting of a power cable, a communication cable and a connection cable between the computer body and a peripheral including a monitor 12. The computer desk of claim 11 further comprising an expansion station in the vicinity of the deck or drawer for connecting the computer body. 13. The computer desk of claim 12 wherein said expansion station includes a power supply. The computer desk of claim 13, wherein the expansion station includes a memory reader, an optical disk driver, and / or a floppy disk driver. 15. The computer desk of claim 14 wherein the computer connected to the deck or drawer for connecting the computer body is a notebook computer or a mobile computer and connected by an extension cable connected to the expansion station. The computer desk according to any one of claims 7 to 15, comprising a flat panel monitor connected to the connection portion for the monitor, which is embedded when not in use on the top plate and which stands upright when in use. The computer desk of claim 16, wherein the peripheral device communicates wirelessly with the computer body. 18. The computer desk of claim 17 wherein the peripheral devices are keyboard and mouse as computer input means and the flat panel monitor is LCD and embedded when not in use. 19. The computer desk of claim 18 wherein the keyboard and mouse are in infrared communication with an infrared receiver connected to the body. 20. The computer desk of claim 19, wherein a printer connection part is exposed on one side of the top plate as one of the peripheral devices.

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